Welcome to TWIST Conversations, where we chat with members of the Guild Community exploring current trends in learning, performance, and technology.

In this episode of TWIST Conversations I chat with Andy Johnson of ADL and Aaron Silvers of MakingBetter. We discuss the growing use of data and analytics in learning, and how the Experience API (xAPI) can open up new opportunities for learning and performance. Here are a few highlights from our conversation:

An API is a way for different applications [and] different systems to point data somewhere where, where it can either send data to it or get from it.

Now we have two different data sets, one before the training event and one after, or even alongside it, and we can start mapping the correlation between how are they learning and how are they performing.

xAPI reverses the course of learning design. [Learning Design has shifted from] an art forced into a computer science, [xAPI is] changing it back to an art again. Things that you design can all be tracked, and we don’t have to worry about the science getting in the way.

An additional role [that may] be added [to L&D] would be that of a data scientist, exploring how all of these statements that [we’re] tracking can be used within our organization.

David Kelly is the Executive Vice President and Executive Director for The eLearning Guild’s face-to-face events and conferences. Prior to joining The eLearning Guild he has been an internal learning and performance consultant and training director for over 10 years in both the financial services and non-profit sectors. David has served as a local board member and national adviser to ASTD Chapters. He is active in the learning community, and often speaks at industry conferences and events. In 2011, the eLearning Council voted him one of the 10 most influential eLearning bloggers for his blog, “Misadventures in Learning.” He is also known for his curation efforts, especially related to conferences and events for learning and performance professionals.

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TWIST is the official blog of The eLearning Guild. Posts on this blog will offer insights, ideas, perspectives, and discussion on the current trends in the learning industry, the technologies used to support learning and performance, happenings at the Guild, tips for professional development, and much more. Each post will include the personal ‘twist’ of the writers, including members of the Guild team and guest bloggers from the Guild community.